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Webster 1913 Edition

(hād)

Noun.

[Cf. AS.

heald

inclined, bowed down, G.

halde

declivity.]

The descent of a hill.

[Obs.]

(Mining)

The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineral vein.

Verb.

(Mining)

To deviate from the vertical; – said of a vein, fault, or lode.

Noun.

Among miners, the steep descent of a shaft; also, the descent of a hill.

In mining, the inclination or deviation from the vertical of a mineral vein.

See also: hade, hadé, and haðe

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